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Gig review by Steve Bennett at the 100 Club, London
24/04/2017 … This was the first show of what’s planned to be regular new alternative comedy night… though few in the audience seemed aware that weird is what they’d…
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Mon 24 April 2017
Sun 23 April 2017
Richard Gadd: Monkey See, Monkey Do
Review by Steve Bennett at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival
23/04/2017 … The show that won Richard Gadd the Edinburgh Comedy Award last August was performed in a tiny, sweaty pub cellar, giving an already intense show an even more extreme…
Fri 21 April 2017
Nikki Britton is Romanticide
Review by Steve Bennett at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival
21/04/2017 … ‘It’s going to be a lot of energy in a small space for an hour,’ Nikki Britton promises.
David Quirk: Cowboy Mouth
Review by Steve Bennett at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival
21/04/2017 … What could be worse than people telling you their dreams? How about someone telling you of dreams other people have had about them? That’s the apparent…
Becky Lucas: Little Bitch
Review by Steve Bennett at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival
21/04/2017 … ‘Bitch’ is a strong word, and the slightly awkward Becky Lucas doesn't quite have the savage attitude to pull it off.
Guy Montgomery: Let's All Get in a Room Together
Review by Steve Bennett at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival
21/04/2017 … It’s possible that Guy Montgomery’s sophomore show, following his best newcomer nomination last year, is just the one sentence.
Game Boys: Clash Battle Warlords Age of Candy Robots Royal Strike Kingdom Mobile Legends Saga
Review by Steve Bennett at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival
21/04/2017 … It’ll come as no surprise to discover that you need to be a gamer to get the most out of this show, whose title need not be repeated.
Ben Russell: The Pilot
Review by Steve Bennett at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival
21/04/2017 … Ben Russell got a bit of buzz from his surreal and noirish Tokyo Hotel in 2015.